53-2-901. Administration of food stamp program -- rulemaking authority. (1) The department is authorized to administer the food stamp program.
     (2) The department shall adopt rules that are necessary and desirable for the administration of the food stamp program.
     (3) The department shall adopt rules that may include but are not limited to rules concerning:
     (a) eligibility for assistance, including income and resource limitations, income and resource exclusions, and transfers of resources;
     (b) amounts of assistance and methods for determining benefit amount;
     (c) certification periods;
     (d) reporting requirements;
     (e) work registration, employment, and training requirements and exemptions from those requirements;
     (f) procedures and policies of the employment and training program;
     (g) disqualification because of intentional program violations, for voluntarily quitting a job without good cause, or for any other violation of program rules; and
     (h) penalties applicable to recipients of aid to families with dependent children who have been sanctioned because of failure to meet any requirement of the aid to families with dependent children program.

     History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 491, L. 1995.